News Archives - 2004

Colman McCarthy To Speak Jan. 22 at Augsburg College

Colman
McCarthy, long-time syndicated columnist, editorial writer for The
Washington Post, and founder and current Director of the Washington,
D.C.-based
Center for Teaching Peace, will speak Thursday, Jan. 22, at Augsburg
College.

McCarthy,
one of the nation's leading advocates for peace initiatives, will speak
on the subject "Nonviolence in a Time of War." His
talk, scheduled for 7 p.m. in Hoversten Chapel, will be open to the
public at no charge.

Called "A man of profound spiritual awareness" by
Smithsonian Magazine, McCarthy is a frequent speaker at conferences,
peace gatherings,
and at colleges and universities across the United States. He also
has appeared on a regular basis on such national media programs as
Crossfire,
The Today Show, and Weekend Edition on National Public Radio. In
addition, he serves as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University
Law Center.

Followers
of his writing cherish McCarthy’s work for the passion
of his convictions and his idealism. He believes each of us can be a
peacemaker in our own personal and political lives. "He’ll
make you think about and believe in the alternatives to violence," noted
Harry Sayen of the Trenton (N.J.) Times. "He has become a peacemaker
who puts his ideas into practice by teaching and speaking."

In
addition to his public talk, McCarthy will also speak in two
Augsburg classes during the afternoon. His appearance is being
sponsored by
the Augsburg Student Activities
Committee, The Lilly Endowment on Vocation, the Coalition for Student
Activism, the Center for Service, Work & Learning, and the
Office of Public Relations & Communication.